Homework Mega-Sites
Link to Learning
Links you to websites which support the Ontario curriculum.
Independent Learning Centre's Ask a Teacher
Ask a Teacher is a free chat room service available Sunday-Thursday from 5:30-9:30 that lets high school students chat one-on-one with teachers and uses a virtual whiteboard for graphics and diagrams. Very very cool.
Virtual Reference Library
Internet sites selected by Toronto Public Library staff. Check out NewsConnect Š a great link to reading and researching news from around the world. Science Net is worth checking out as well.
Canada's SchoolNet
An amazing site! Links are organized by school subject area.
B.J. PinchbeckÕs Homework Helpers
Discovery Channel's great site for research with an American outlook. Cool links include Science Fair Central and Puzzlemaker.
Multnomah County Homework Helper
Another mega homework site. This one is easy to use and very extensive! Check out their Wars and World History category. Lots of Canadian content.
Canadian Points of View
This full-text database is designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides information on 100 key topics of interest to Canadian researchers, with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics include the environment, human rights, race, substance abuse and many more.
World Book Encyclopędia
The Virtual Reference Library: a reliable and extensive source of Canadian information on the Web. (For use at home)
World Book Encyclopędia
For use at the Library
Ancient History
Internet Ancient Sourcebook
This very comprehensive web site include human origins, and ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Israel, Greece, the Hellenistic World, Rome, Late Antiquity and the origins of Christianity... probably one of the very best you'll find on the ancient world!
About Ancient History
Click on maps, myths, timelines of the ancient world, or one of the many links to info about ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Persia, China, Israel or India. Links leading to information on some of the historical and mythological heroes from the ancient world are also provided.
Ancient History
Explore ancient history ... of Egypt, Greece, Rome, or Britain in the time of the Anglo-Saxons.
Eyewitness to History: The Ancient World
This web site explores some of the key events of the ancient world e.g. Alexander's victory over the Persians in 331 B.C.
Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
The early life, reign, achievements and death of each Roman emperor, from Augustus to Constantine XI Palaeologus, are detailed in this web site.
The Perseus Project on the Ancient World
This project is a collection of online text and visual resources on the ancient and classical Greek world.
Ancient Egyptian Timeline
A timeline of Ancient Egypt with periods / dynasties and their main events. Lots of related links are given on this web site.
Treasures of Egypt: The Pyramids
This site covers the building of the pyramids, how & why they were built, their contents, mummies, and more. You can even find out how to make a mummy ...
Akhet Egyptology
You can find info on many of the fascinating aspects of the early Egyptian culture, such as their jewelry, gods and goddesses, coffins, graves and mummies. Info on the Egyptian dynasties / periods is also provided.
People of Ideas: Ancient Greece and Rome
Find details about the lives and contributions of the philosophers and scientists of early Rome and Greece, eg. Plutarch, Cicero, Virgil, Archimedes. Scroll down and click on "Hellenist and Roman History: General Sources" for more info about Ancient Rome and Greece.